Marcus Aurelius wrote Meditations as private notes during military campaigns nearly 2,000 years ago. The book is now one of ...

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Despite a lustrous popular image burnished by the 2000 film “Gladiator,” Marcus Aurelius is, to scholars, a controversial figure. Some see his “Meditations,” his collection of precepts for ...

In the middle of the second century CE, the most powerful man in the Western world sat in the legionary fortress of Carnuntum, by the River Danube, contemplating the fact that one day nobody would ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marcus Aurelius speaking in "Gladiator" - DreamWorks/YouTube 2000's "Gladiator" revitalized the sword-and-sandal genre with its ...

The second-century A.D. world of Emperor Marcus Aurelius was in shambles. A great plague ravaged western Europe, as he embarked on a long and bloody war against the Germanic tribes along the Danube ...

Marcus Aurelius was one of the most thoughtful leaders in history, a Roman emperor who led with philosophical acumen. Born in 121 CE, he led during a period of turmoil and change marked by wars, ...

This quote by Marcus Aurelius comes from the Meditations, a private journal that Marcus Aurelius had written. As a practitioner of Stoicism, he was deeply involved in self-improvement. If we look at ...

2000's "Gladiator" revitalized the sword-and-sandal genre with its epic depiction of ancient Rome. While "Gladiator's" Maximus (Russell Crowe) wasn't a real person, the film does depict several ...